Our next objective, once back in the Dragon Realms, is to get to the Honey Marsh stage. To get there, work your way right across the Dragon Realms to the barn where the UFO is that got us to Crop Circle Country. To the left of that barn is a little pathway which leads to a blue crocidle-like creature. Talk to him and he'll tell you to get on the platform behind him and head over to the Honey Marsh!

Honey Marsh

After the initial beehives, there's a long pathway leading upward with all sorts of Gems and enemies on it. You'll come across two enemies on your way up this pathway that are completely unique to Honey Marsh - Banjo Crocodiles and Laser Crocodiles. Both of these enemies can be deadly if you don't take care of them quickly, especially the Laser Crocodile, which has an awesome long-range laser gun that can damage you for a nice clip. When you come across them, fry them with your Flame Breath. Keep going up the pathway, collecting every single Gem you come across as you go. Eventually, you'll come to an area full of honey. Enemies and Gems are everywhere, and in front of you is the first of six Honey Stills that we have to shut down, as asked by the guy at the beginning of the area. Grab the Gems in the area, and kill the Laser Alligator in front of the Honey Still. Once he's dead, jump in front of the knob on the Honey Still, and shoot it with Flame Breath to shut it off. Then, jump off of the Honey Still, and continue up and around the winding pathway. Make sure to leave no Gems behind!

As you follow the winding pathway, collecting Gems and killing whatever enemies remain as you go, you'll come across another Honey Still not too far up the pathway. Kill the enemies around this one, grab whatever Gems are in the area, and then shut this Honey Still off as well. Two down, now, only four more to shut off. In this area, you'll come across the final new enemy of the Honey Marsh area - Killer Bees. The Killer Bees are humongous bees that have large stingers they attempt to damage you with. Simply keep your distance, protect yourself from their stingers, and use Flame Breath or Electric Breath to knock them clear out of the air. Follow the winding pathway around more, collecting even more Gems and killing even more enemies. It won't be too long until you come across the third Honey Still. Shut this one off, and comb the area for Gems. If you're facing the Honey Still we just shut off, to the left of it is a Challenge Portal. After getting the Gems in the immediate area, enter into this Challenge Portal. This particular challenge is called the Sticky Swamp Shootout. For more information on this particular challenge, see the Challenge section of this guide. For winning this challenge, you'll be rewarded with Pliskin the Dragonfly.

After the challenge, you'll be back outside of the Challenge Portal in the Honey Marsh. As you come out of the Challenge Portal, look around in first person mode. You'll see a mysterious character in red and white (like the one we saw on Cloud 9)... run towards him and he'll run away from you. Chase after him, and when you get close, use your Flame Breath on him. He'll fall and drop a Dragonfly. The Dragonfly we've caught here is named Duckweed. Then, go under the tree canopy diagonally across from the Challenge Portal we just came out of. If you face the Challenge Portal from the canopy in question (this is for location purposes, since there are multiple canopies), you'll be diagonally to the left of it. Leave this canopy so that you're farther from the Challenge Portal, and look behind the tree. An orange-red Dragonfly named Suzuki will be back here waiting to be captured. Simply use your Bubble Breath on him to capture him and send him back to the Dragon Realms.

Now, with the two Dragonflies in this area captured, make sure you've gotten all of the Gems in the area, and then approach the wooden scaffolding. Go up the scaffolding, killing enemies as you go, and collecting Gems, until it splits. You can either go towards a group of Killer Bees, or take the scaffolding up the area where we just came from, just higher up. Opt to go where we just came from. Grab the Gems as you go, and as you go up the scaffolding, you'll run into Russell, the fourth Dragonfly. He's colored yellow and won't put up any resistance - just use your Bubble Breath to capture him. From there, keep jumping out along the various platforms. The last platform in this "chain" is actually a flower which holds the Honey Key on it. Keep that - we'll need it for later.

From here, head all the way back, and go the other way at the fork in the scaffolding. Kill the various Bees and other enemies here, and collect all of the Gems. As you work your way around the platforms, you'll eventually come to the fourth of six Honey Stills. Turn this one off, then keep going around, and into the tunnel. Make sure to leave no Gems behind as you come out of the tunnel on the other side. Jump onto the flower in front of you and kill the Killer Bee there. From here, work your way down from flower to flower, killing enemies and grabbing Gems. On one of the flowers down, as you go, is Zwan the Dragonfly, so make sure to capture this red Dragonfly with your Bubble Breath. After getting the Dragonfly and all Gems in the area, proceed to the next tunnel leading into the next area. If you miss any flowers on the way down with Gems, use the lifter on one of the flowers to get back up to the flower in question.

Once in this next tunnel, grab Gems as you go. When you come out on the other side, begin to jump from platform to platform over the hazardous honey swamp. When you get to the fifth Honey Still, use your Flame Breath on the knob there to shut it off. Only one more to go! Continue around the platforms to the character on the other side. Talk to him and he'll ask you to get rid of the bee hives around the swamp area. Using the rocks behind him, launch one at each beehive (just walk up to the rocks and Spryo will swallow one). Aim a little high on each beehive (as the rocks arc downward for a sense of realism). Use the triangle to aim with crosshairs. When all five beehives are knocked down, talk to the guy there again, who will give you Lily the Dragonfly. Now, work your way up the platforms there, grabbing Gems as you go. When the platforms lead to a series of platforms going up and over the recent area, take them. As you go across them, grab the various Gems. You'll run into a Dragonfly named Gori up here that won't put up a fight at all, just use your Bubble Breath to capture him. At the end of this chain of platforms is a treasure chest. Since we found the Honey Key earlier in the stage, the treasure chest will open up, and we'll get Tim the Dragonfly out of it.

With the Gems and two Dragonflies gotten up there, jump back down to the main level of this stage, and work your way back up the platforms. Take them up and around and into the next area. Follow this area (collecting Gems) until you get to the final Honey Still. Turn it off with your Flame Breath, then talk to the guy next to it, who will thank you for your troubles and reward you with Taka the Dragonfly. Just one more Dragonfly and some more Gems, and we're done here! Keep walking around and collect more Gems until you get to a portal. This will lead you back to the Dragon Realms, so ignore it. Instead, behind and to the left of the portal is a passageway. Take this passageway all the way through to the other side, leaving no Gems behind. Once on the other side here, you'll notice a cave on the righthand side that has a Challenge Portal in it. Jump down and enter into this Challenge Portal to play

Needless to say, this is the end of the Honey Marsh. If you don't have all ten Dragonflies and the "800/800" thing didn't pop on the screen, then you aren't done. But I am... so onto the next area!